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Looks like only one pic posted? Not sure what happened there.

Per Frank’s request...My first build! 250 gallon RF. Had to teach myself how to weld and bsically built this baby in my driveway with a little help from a friend with a plasma cutter and shop. I cut the end off the tank with a 4” angle grinder!! That Only took a couple days! Cooks like a dream.

Thank you sir! I love it. I’ve been cooking almost solely on this for about 2 years, although I did just buy an old stumps and used it for Super Bowl so I could go to church. I’m just at a conference and realized I never posted my build, lol! The grease dam does slightly because I made the BP into a...

Dirtytires wrote:Very nice...can cook for a small army!

Thank you. Yes sir....I’ve had 60 8 lb butts on it a couple times for fundraisers.

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Hey guys. Not a new guy but haven’t been very active. Thought I’d post pictures of my build. Bought the plans for the BBQ 911 smoker and altered it a bit to make it similar to the Bubba Grill. Never could have imagined how good this thing would cook. I had to learn how to weld to build it but thanks...

Hey Guys. Got my doors cut in my propane tank and I'm about to start putting everything together. Do I need to burn a fire inside the tank first? I'm going to have it sandblaster to remove paint. Don't want to get too hot and warp my door. Searched the forums and couldn't find anything except UDS wi...

Thank you sir! I'm definitely going with the FB to WC damper...just wasn't sure about FB to CC. Thank you for your quick reply! Looking forward to getting going on this thing been saving money for steel for quite a while.

Good morning gentlemen. I purchased the BBQ 911 smoker plans and plan on building it with a minor modification-I'm going to build the warming cabinet all the way back to the cook chamber to eliminate the 2" gap between the warming cabinet and the cook chamber and to save buying a 4th sheet of steel!...

Following. Check out Bubba Grills at www.bubbagrills.net. This is my inspiration for my reverse flow. Rib box is extension of the smoke chamber with the stack on top of the box. Lot of guys winning comps on them. I'll let you know how it works in a couple months.

Thank you! I'm takin it back!

Guys I'm building a fire basket for my old cooker and was looking on here about rebar. I bought some rebar at Lowe's yesterday but want to take it back if possible. It's weld able rebar and costs a lot more...$10 for 6' as opposed to $4 for 8' of the standard stuff. What I've read is that the weld i...

I'm building a RF with WC out of a 250 gallon propane tank. The warming cabinet is really going to be an extension of my cook chamber with the flue on top of the WC...sort of following the Bubba Grills approach. I know quite a few guys cooking on them and they have nothing but good to say about them...

Thanks Bstory!

Thanks guys. Grind down the holes and weld a plate over the top of them?

Ok guys what is the best way to position the tank (250 gallon propane). I see pictures of people with the rings up so the tank is in it's normal upright position. What do yo do to fill in the holes for the valves? I was thinking about grinding them smooth welding a plate over top then grinding it as...

Thanks guys! I was kind of leaning that way but was just looking for the most economical route. Definitely will not sacrifice quality and efficiency though. Thanks again. Will probably have many more questions come up in the future!

-Brandon

Good afternoon. Newbie here so please forgive me if this has already been asked. I'm building a reverse flow with rib box out of a 250 gallon propane tank. The plan is to cut off one of the bubble ends and fabricate a firebox and rib box that can also be used for extra cook space for butts/shoulders...

I've had this same question. I am considering doing a 2 door design like the Bubba Grills. 2 doors but one overlaps the other...the opening is full length. That way I can cook hogs but still open just one side if doing ribs, chicken, meats that take shorter cook times.

I cook on a JOS 72". Great cooker. As with any other design, it's different than other styles and you have to learn its caveat's. Great results from it though. And have no problem getting to temp or holding temp.